Ezinne achieved the milestone with Atlanta Dream a few days after she joined them to a seven-day hardship contract, which allows teams to temporarily add players when multiple roster members are unavailable due to injury, illness, or other circumstances.

Atlanta came into the game knowing they could clinch a playoff berth with a victory, while the Liberty had nothing really to play for having already sewn up the No. 1 seed.

The Dream came out strong behind Charles, who broke Sylvia Fowles’ rebound mark of 4,006 boards a few minutes into the game. She needed three coming into the game to break the record and is now up to 4,014 for her career.

Charles was honoured before the game as she was inducted into the city’s Basketball Hall of Fame along with nine other former players and coaches. Her Dream teammates were on the court cheering her on as she was announced.

She is the only WNBA player with 7,000 points and 4,000 rebounds in her career. She’s second on the career scoring list behind only Diana Taurasi.

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